Big Data

Today, data analytics plays a more central role in corporate governance and decision-making than ever before, which stems partially from the availability of high velocity data and the ability to gather and store information from many sources at low cost.

The era of Big Data is, for better or for worse, upon us. And in this Brave New World that has such data in it, companies inevitably have massive amounts of information that must be kept both private and secure. Trade secrets such as customer lists, manufacturing processes and even...

Veteran GC Bobby Katz, who has served in house at Federal-Mogul, Delphi, and most recently at Ingersoll Rand believes that to be a great in-house attorney, “you must be able to effectively mitigate risk. And to effectively mitigate risk, you need to be data-driven.”

Breaking down some of the more commonly utilized analytics tools into four basic functional categories: key concept culling, analytics-driven workflow, technology-enhanced review and technology-automated review.